FaultScore

Worst years for a Chrysler LHS

Owners have filed 1,430 complaints about the Chrysler LHS with NHTSA across model years 1993 to 2004. More of them are about the steering than anything else.

Avoid

1994 Chrysler LHS

509 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly fuel & propulsion.

Cleanest on record

2001 Chrysler LHS

31 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chrysler LHS year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2004 3 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2003 2 0 0 Equipment & Accessories
2002 3 0 0 Electrical System
2001 A 31 2 0 65,767 Airbags
2000 B 115 7 1 60,163 Steering
1999 D 218 35 2 61,000 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1998 5 4 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1997 B 105 4 1 110,000 Fuel & Propulsion
1996 C 185 17 9 111,000 Steering
1995 C 252 15 4 105,000 Steering
1994 D 509 23 18 124,500 Fuel & Propulsion
1993 2 1 0 Body & Structure

What breaks on a Chrysler LHS

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Steering 200 14.0%

Worst in 1996

Fuel & Propulsion 172 12.0%

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1994

Engine & Cooling 141 9.9%

Worst in 1994

Brakes 99 6.9%

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1994

Suspension 76 5.3%

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1999

Airbags 59 4.1%

Worst in 1999

Worst in 1994

Lights 45 3.1%

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1994

Seats 41 2.9%

Worst in 1994

Exactly what failed on a Chrysler LHS

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Automatic Transmission 98 20.8%
Fuel Injection System 76 16.1%
Rack AND Pinion 48 10.2%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 42 8.9%
TIE ROD Assembly 39 8.3%
Engine 39 8.3%
AIR Conditioner 36 7.6%
Gasoline 33 7.0%
Frontal 31 6.6%
Cooling System 30 6.4%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chrysler LHS, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Nov 1995 peak 62 Oct 2019

Chrysler LHS problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Chrysler LHS

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.